As I said on twitter, I can see why a league of teenagers wouldn't want fighting, but with one of the main goals of the CHL being getting these players ready for pro hockey, I think that's extremely irresponsible and dangerous to send them to pro hockey having never been in a fight before and going against guys who are not only older but also potentially have been fighting their whole career
I personally don't care if there's fighting or not, especially in junior. If you do ban it, you need to be a lot more strict with calling penalties/suspensions on bad hits, as there's nothing a player can do to police themselves.Although I lean toward your sentiment, the NHL is no longer requiring players to answer the bell anymore. They are looking hard at the clean hit fights and will likely award the instigator to anyone that starts a fight after a clean hit. The only players that fight now are players that are willing participants. If the players coming up no longer ever fight through age 20, they will be players that don’t fight at age 21 and on as pro’s. I think that is what the league wants and it is probably what it needs.
For the NHL to grow, a lot of the culture needs to change. It is starting to become a bit of archaic for a sport like hockey to even have fighting….as much as it is entertaining.
And that’s the main argument. NCAA is churning out high end players as of late. It works just fine.I personally don't care if there's fighting or not, especially in junior. If you do ban it, you need to be a lot more strict with calling penalties/suspensions on bad hits, as there's nothing a player can do to police themselves.
They only thing I would say is it seems to be more and more common now where one guy is a good fighter and one isn't and it's really dangerous. Been a handful of scary knockouts in the OHL this year. I guess a person who agrees with the QMJHL decision would argue that the NCAA hasn't allowed fighting for years but you wouldn't say NCAA players go into pro hockey at a disadvantage because of that
Recently I saw a DeAngelo spear a player in the nuts with not much of a response.
Pathetic. 10 fight rule should be the max limit just for junior levels. You need the practice if your going to play pro. Hockey is getting even more irrevelant with less fighting. I hope the q goes into more financial trouble. At the pros there shouldn't be any limit. They are adults and it's up to them.
Based on the article, it sounds like the Q is mainly making the change because they are being forced by the Quebec gov, and the gov will step in if nothing is done.Pathetic. 10 fight rule should be the max limit just for junior levels. You need the practice if your going to play pro. Hockey is getting even more irrevelant with less fighting. I hope the q goes into more financial trouble. At the pros there shouldn't be any limit. They are adults and it's up to them.
lolPathetic. 10 fight rule should be the max limit just for junior levels. You need the practice if your going to play pro. Hockey is getting even more irrevelant with less fighting. I hope the q goes into more financial trouble. At the pros there shouldn't be any limit. They are adults and it's up to them.
Less then 5 percent of concussions are caused from fighting. And that was from a report back like 7 years ago. It's even less prevalent now.The science supports this move. Time for us "old guys/gals" to move on and adapt.
There have been other ex nhlers who have committed suicide that never fought. There could be multiple other factors not just because they had a fight in hockey.i know this isn't a popular opinion... BUT...
fighting is dumb at any level. how many NHL enforcers have we lost to suicide and substance abuse? its a bush league part of the game and when it's inevitably snuffed out I think the game of hockey will be better for it.
If a team really cares about that player he shouldn't have to fight a 20 year old. They should have someone to protect them. Like a enforcer.I do support the change because there is no reason for a 16 year old to be fighting a 20 year old, in the real world you could get 10 years in prison for that.
I do like seeing a good fight but hate seeing kids falling to the ice without helmets or getting knocked out. It would be one thing if the players were getting paid… But most of them are getting brain damage and make no money from hockey.
I'm ok with making it 0 percent.Less then 5 percent of concussions are caused from fighting. And that was from a report back like 7 years ago. It's even less prevalent now.
DeAngelo acts like a clown and gets what he asks for most of the time. Seems to enjoy being a tool.Maybe im getting incidents where DeAngelo was a shithead confused because frankly theres a few but didnt like everyone on the opposing team try to jump Tony when that happened a week or so ago? I dont think its fair to call not much of a response